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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
the contents, he uttered one loud sob of such immense
relief that I sat petrified. And the next moment, in a voice
that was already fairly well under control, ‘Have you a
graduated glass’ he asked.
I rose from my place with something of an effort and
gave him what he asked.
He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few
minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders.
The mixture, which was at first of a reddish hue, began, in
proportion as the crystals melted, to brighten in colour, to
effervesce audibly, and to throw off small fumes of
vapour. Suddenly and at the same moment, the ebullition
ceased and the compound changed to a dark purple, which
faded again more slowly to a watery green. My visitor,
who had watched these metamorphoses with a keen eye,
smiled, set down the glass upon the table, and then turned
and looked upon me with an air of scrutiny.
‘And now,’ said he, ‘to settle what remains. Will you
be wise will you be guided will you suffer me to take
this glass in my hand and to go forth from your house
without further parley or has the greed of curiosity too
much command of you Think before you answer, for it
shall be done as you decide. As you decide, you shall be
left as you were before, and neither richer nor wiser,
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